"blue-green" meaning in English

See blue-green in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more blue-green [comparative], most blue-green [superlative]
Etymology: blue + green. * (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English. * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|green}} blue + green, {{sense|color}} (color):, {{m|en|orange}} orange, {{m|enm|geoluread||yellow-red}} geoluread (“yellow-red”), {{sense|politics}} (politics):, {{m|en|conservatism}} conservatism, {{m|en|environmentalism}} environmentalism Head templates: {{en-adj}} blue-green (comparative more blue-green, superlative most blue-green)
  1. Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan. Synonyms (of a color between blue and green): green-blue, turquoise, aquamarine
    Sense id: en-blue-green-en-adj-apH-VyN9 Disambiguation of 'of a color between blue and green': 100 0
  2. (politics) Synonym of ecocapitalist; concerning ecocapitalism Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: ecocapitalist [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: blue-green alga, blue-green bacteria Related terms: bleen, grue
    Sense id: en-blue-green-en-adj-eKrWzW63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 53 7 Topics: government, politics

Noun

Forms: blue-greens [plural]
Etymology: blue + green. * (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English. * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|green}} blue + green, {{sense|color}} (color):, {{m|en|orange}} orange, {{m|enm|geoluread||yellow-red}} geoluread (“yellow-red”), {{sense|politics}} (politics):, {{m|en|conservatism}} conservatism, {{m|en|environmentalism}} environmentalism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blue-green (countable and uncountable, plural blue-greens)
  1. Alternative form of blue green Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: blue green Categories (topical): Blues, Greens Translations (color between blue and green): γλαυκός (glaukós) (Ancient Greek), blauverd [masculine] (Catalan), zelenomodrý (Czech), bluverda (Esperanto), glaŭka (Esperanto), sinivihreä (Finnish), bleu-vert [masculine] (French), blaugrün (German), 青緑 (aomidori) (Japanese), venetus (Latin), (Literary Chinese), verde-água (Portuguese), gorm (english: plants) (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-blue-green-en-noun-NYmwW9qo Disambiguation of Blues: 18 13 70 Disambiguation of Greens: 16 14 71

Inflected forms

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